03
October
Written by Michelle.
Posted in: Poker
No Joke, countless of people strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he captured two immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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